Mylossoma aureum

Mylossoma aureum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Mylossoma
Species:
M. aureum
Binomial name
Mylossoma aureum
(Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Myletes aureus Spix & Agassiz, 1829
  • Myletes herniarius Cope, 1872
  • Mylosomma ventriosa Norman, 1929
  • Mylossoma ventriosa Norman, 1929

Mylossoma aureum is a species of serrasalmid native to the Amazon and Orinoco Basins in South America. This species grows to a total length of 20 cm (7.9 in).[1] This species is of some importance to local commercial fisheries, but less so than the closely related M. albiscopum of the same region.[2] It is a fast breeder and rapidly reaches adulthood. It breeds in whiterwater rivers and associated wetlands. It is omnivorous, but mostly feed on plant material.[2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mylossoma aureum". FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. ^ a b Mateussi, Nadayca T. B. ; Claudio Oliveira; & Carla S. Pavanelli (2018). Taxonomic Revision of the Cis-Andean Species of Mylossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 (Teleostei: Characiformes: Serrasalmidae). Zootaxa 4387(2): 275–309. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.3


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